Ricardo Jorge Grilo

Ricardo Jorge Milheiro Dias Tavares Grilo, Associate Director at Hikma Pharmaceuticals, has assumed the role of ISPE EAC Chair. He is currently a member of the ISPE European Leadership Team and is part of the ISPE Iberia Affiliate board of directors. Grilo is a senior executive with twenty-four years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry. He is a Chemical Engineer and holds an MBA. He is skilled in active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) production processes, quality management systems, Lean Six Sigma, and was exposed to regular US Food and Drug Administration (US FDA) audits. Grilo has spent the last fourteen years working in Laboratórios Atral, as Quality Assurance manager, then Director of Quality Unit running the Quality Control and Quality Assurance Department. He was also responsible for external qualifying audits (e.g., Europe, China, South America) and project management, leading the construction of two plants. On the last six years he was the Site Director of Laboratórios Atral. In September 2024, he joint Hikma Pharmaceuticals, as Associate Director for Engineering.